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 FORTY·—-FIRST CONGRESS. S1·:ss. II. Ch. 80. 1870. 107 erect 2. hearse—h0use and keep the same in proper repair; to purchase a q°”£‘*=l°°¤'Y¤¤· hearse gr hcarses ; and to do all other necessary acts to the end that all °°°m*°°s' the appliances, conveniences, and benefit of a public and private cemetery may be desired and obtained. The officers of said corporation shall be a president, 3t1'€3,Sl1l`€1`,Wi]O Omcm or shall act as secretary, and three directors, which said officers shall be °°rp°"m°°' chosen annually by ballot, and shall hold their office until their suc- Choice Md cessors are chosen. Any neglect to choose their officers on the day fixed mg; (};c';n3§°' upon for that purpose shall not operate as a {bri"eiture of their act of in- choo; ou, Sw. corporation, in accordance with the provisions of this act. The first election of pfiiceis, by the persons associating, according to pim election] and for the purpose specified in the first section of this act, shall be at the mj WM to P¤¤‘- time and place designated and agreed upon by a majority of the persons "°‘p"‘t°‘ so associating themselves together, and no other than such persons shall vote at said election. At each subsequent election of officers of said incorporation the owner Subsequent or owners of a. lot or lots in said burial grounds shall be entitled to one °1€°*i°“S· vote in the election of OHlC€1`S of said corporation, and no more, and shall, by virtue of such membership, be a member of said corporation. The persons associating together in accordance with the provisions of Burial g¤'0¤¤d this act shall cause the land designed as a burial ground to be surveyed ;°;$’°p?;§;§"z°:ld and platted; and a plat of said ground, so surveyed, shall be recorded in plat recordeh. the office of the register of deeds for the District of Columbia. Each lot Logs '°db° shall be duly numbered by said surveyor, and such number shall be mm em ` marked on said plat and recorded as aforesaid. The said corporation shall have power to establish and change by- By·laws. laws, and prescribe rules and regulations for its government and the duties of its officers and the management of its property. The proceeds arising from the sale of lots in the foregoing sections of Proceeds ¤f this act provided for, after deducting all expenses of purchasing and lay- ;’;§ggg_l°°°*h°" ing out lots, shall be applied, appropriated, and used in improving and ornamentiug the burial ground, or for other purposes named in this act. The property of the corporation, its ground, lots, and appliances, shall Pmpertyto be be exempt {Tom taxation and shall not be liable to sale on execution. 3Q2E1g3i'? Dedication. — Any person or persons desiring to dedicate any lot of sui., on umu. land, not exceeding five acres, as a burial ground or place for the inter- G02- . - · · ny lot of ment For the dead, for the use of any society, association, or neighborhood, land, if not om. may, by deed, duly executed or recorded, convey such land to the Dis- five acres, now trict of Columbia, by the corporate name of said District of Columbia, dbssdsglriul specifying in such deed the society, association, or neighborhood for the ground, use of which the dedication is desired to be made, and thereby vest the S hl d title to such land in perpetuity for the uses stated in the deed, and such be c';°;m;:'n.;:1 land shall be thereafter exempt from taxes for all purposes whatever. taxes. If any person shall wilfully ox- maliciously cut down, break down, level, _ Fenalty for demolish, or otherwise destroy, or injure, or damage any railing, fence, ;g;g··gr;g5j_g; or enclosure around or upon any land conveyed under the provisions of 0,- ;n§mpu0¤s,' this act, or any gate or post thereon, or shall remove, break, in_]u1‘e, or <>;**§°¤£>¤‘ deihce any tomb, or other stone, plank or board, or any inscription there- S m s' °' on, or shall cut down, destroy, injure, or remove any tree or shrub standing or growing upon such land, he shall be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction thereof; to be Hucd not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. BOARDS OF *r1zA1>1c. S20. 6. And be it further enacted, That any number of persons, inet gongés of less than twenty, residing in the District of Columbia, may sssocmte :.;“1_m°cd‘;";d themselves together us a board of trade and assemble st may time und ,,,,9,,,,co,-P,. place upon which a majority of the members S0 associating themselves F¤¤°¤·